paunce
noun/pɔːns/
Etymology From Middle English paunce, from Old French pance, Middle French pans. Doublet of paunch.
1
Historical A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.
- The chest of armour, explicitly stated to have belonged to Oldcastle, contained a pair of 'close bristeplattes', a steel 'paunce', chain mail and another breastplate 'cum lez wyngges', all of which had been confiscated by Sir Thomas ...2013, Gwilym Dodd, Henry V: New Interpretations, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, →ISBN, page 121:
- Related terms
- paunch